Linux drove me to get a Mac

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 08:28:13PM -0500, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> I'd ask, no harm in trying. I know of a few people who are happy to go 
> to the Linuxcaffe for the open source hot chocolate rather than buy the 
> same ingredients and make it themselves. Part of what's great about FOSS 
> is that you can find that original author and draw upon their expertise 
> if you need it.

In fact I would argue it isn't the recipe, but the skill in preparing it
that you are there for in most cases.  Most people probably couldn't
reproduce the dish given the recipe.  Sometimes you go for the service
and atmosphere.

> Tell that to Redhat. Tell that to the legions of web developers who 
> design websites with open source frameworks and who contribute their 
> work back to the community only to find someone else who hires them for 
> their expertise despite their having released a module or theme for 
> others to use freely.

Certainly a business based on providing a service better than others do,
can afford to participate in open source and often do.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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